WATERTOWN TWP. - One person was killed and three others were injured in a three-vehicle crash Monday on Interstate 96 in Clinton County.

The Clinton County Sheriff's Office said a 19-year-old Fenton man died in the 10:35 a.m. crash in the eastbound lanes near Bauer Road.

The crash occurred in an an area where traffic was stopped for a construction zone, sheriff's officials said in a news release.

The teenager's sport-utility vehicle was rear-ended by a pickup truck driven by a 32-year-old Grand Rapids man. The impact forced the SUV into a passenger car driven by a 46-year-old driver from Byron Center, sheriff's officials said.

The driver of the pickup and two people in the car were taken to Sparrow Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.

The eastbound lanes were closed for hours after the crash.

Police did not immediately release the name of the man who died in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation, officials said.

Contact Ken Palmer at (517) 377-1032 or kpalmer@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @KBPalm_lsj.